michelle, thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you so much. thank you so much for having me here. we are so excited. we were thrilled last year with the festival, this past festival, but we are over the moon with the 20th anniversary come july 4th weekend. >> now, let me say this. this will probably be the largest gathering of african-american female voters during the midterm elections. because we'll be right in the middle of july, midterm elections. i can't think of any event that will draw that many african-americans as well as african-american females right in the middle of the midterm elections. >> and we're especially excited, because the first weekend in july 50 years ago was when the civil rights act of 1964 was signed. >> wow. >> and so we will be back the first week in july 50 years later, and we will recommit ourselves to that purpose of that civil rights opportunity act. so we're excited. >> now, we got it's the 20th anniversary. it's going to be around voting 50 years after the civil rights act. but one thing that is always off the